Drug Therapist, Addiction Unit Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Treatment assistant/social worker
Work model On location
Application due date 15 August 2025
Are you the one? The Addiction Unit is aimed at people over the age of 18 who have problems with harmful use or dependence on alcohol, drugs and/or gambling.
The addiction unit offers 12-step treatment and CBT treatment. The CBT methods offered by the unit are Motivational Interviewing MI, Relapse Prevention ÅP, Hashish Abstinence Program HAP, Community Reinforcement Approach CRA, Community Reinforcemant And Family Training CRAFT, To Gambling Freedom. Within the unit's CBT treatment, you can be enrolled in the LARO program (Medication Assisted Treatment for Opiate Dependence).
We are now looking for an important drug therapist for our business!
Your work tasks
Your main tasks will be to work with treatment processes in CBT with individual clients and with group treatment in Relapse Prevention. You will work on behalf of social secretaries and handle record keeping and statistics. You will work in collaboration with other organizations both internally and externally.
About you
For this position, we are looking for you who are a trained social worker, alcohol and drug therapist, or have similar training that the employer considers relevant to the assignment. You also have training in Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Relapse Prevention (ÅP). You have previous work experience of addiction treatment.
We consider it an advantage if you have training or experience in the following:
Gambling addiction
12-step therapist
Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA)
Reinforcement And Family Training (CRAFT)
Psychiatric problems and disabilities
As a person, you are goal-oriented and have good communication skills. You are a stable person who sees solutions to problems and can plan your work independently. We attach great importance to personal suitability.
A warm welcome to your application!
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Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has about 440 managers and the business is divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us?
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